India's capital grapples with toxic winter air pollution

Altaf Qadri

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8:50 pm CDT, Friday, November 4, 2016

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A child puts on a face mask inside a shop selling face masks against air pollution in New Delhi, India, Friday, Nov. 4, 2016. A new report from UNICEF says about a third of the 2 billion children in the world who are breathing toxic air live in northern India and neighboring countries, risking serious health effects including damage to their lungs, brains and other organs. New Delhi's air pollution is among the world's worst, spikes every winter because of the season's weak winds and countless garbage fires. Officials also said that the high pollution levels were made worse by the ongoing burning of spent crops in agricultural fields in the neighboring states of Punjab and Haryana. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)